Families of Whiddy Island disaster victims renew calls for justice in new documentary 

Radio programme  recounts the events of a fateful night in January 1979, through the voices of those whose lives remain profoundly affected by the devastating explosion of the MV Betelguese oil tanker

An aerial view of the Whiddy Island oil tanker Betelgeuse disaster at Bantry, West Cork.

Families of those who died in the Whiddy Island disaster have renewed calls for justice in a new documentary that explores the events leading up to the West Cork tragedy.

Produced by Donal O’Herlihy and Michael Lawless, the RTÉ Radio Documentary On One: Fire in the Sky recounts the events of a fateful night in January 1979, through the voices of those whose lives remain profoundly affected by the devastating explosion of the MV Betelguese oil tanker.